Mazda Motor Corporation

U-Shin Ltd.

Yusuke Moriwaki

Nobuya Akagi

Isao Ochi

Shinsuke Iwata

Koji Yoshioka

A vehicle door lock device includes a door handle base provided at a vehicle door and provided with a cylinder lock, and a door latch mechanism provided at the vehicle door. The cylinder lock includes a key cylinder, a paddle portion operably and detachably coupled to the door latch mechanism and configured to transmit rotation of the key cylinder to the door latch mechanism, and a support portion configured to rotatably support the paddle portion. The door latch mechanism includes a key rotor into which the paddle portion is detachably inserted. The paddle portion is supported on the support portion to rotate between a direction of a center axis of the support portion and a direction inclined with respect to the center axis.

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Hiroshima, Japan

Yusuke Moriwaki